Counting nine days, Jiangning City is wet and cold, listening to the cold wind outside the window, drinking around the stove, the most freehand.

Wu Qingyi opened a corner of the curtain, the cold wind was blowing, his spirit was dignified, but he was a little refreshed, looking at the gloomy weather outside, and said: The first snow in the south is about to fall in Jiangning. walked to the table, took out a cup from the plate, filled the pot, took a shallow sip, and his beautiful eyes instantly covered a layer of confusion and drunkenness.

Xiao Yuan walked in with a curtain, holding his hands in front of his mouth, snorting the heat, striding to the stove, rubbing his hands desperately against the leaping and beating flames, and shouting in his mouth: "The river has just frozen, and the cold air will be biting, and it will snow tomorrow, who will run outside the house?" Catch Ming'er to specify the snow, and the sky is cloudy as if the lid is fastened. His eyes were on the wine jug in Wu Qingyi's hand.

Wu Qingyi took out a cup from the plate, Xiao Yuan smiled and said, "Don't dare to bother the girl in Tsing Yi." He took out a large celadon bowl, lifted the lid of the wine jug, poured it empty, and the large celadon bowl was only seven points full, and he raised the bowl to his lips and filled it with a mouthful.

The wine was downstream, gurgling, Kou Zichan frowned distressedly, and said, "Drink you with good wine, like drinking a donkey." ”

Xiao Yuan was silent, poured another mouthful, and then put down the shallow, half-shallow celadon bowl, and said, "The house asked me to write a plan, can you write it well?" Master Shui sent someone to the council hall to urge, saying that he would let Koufuzi send someone to send someone across the river tonight. ”

Kou Zichan folded a piece of silk written on it carefully and handed it to Xiao Yuan. Xiao Yuan took it and sealed the paint with the stove, Kou Zichan took out a seal from his arms and added a private stamp to the seal.

Wu Qingyi's eyebrows were as beautiful as green mountains, raised slightly, looked over, and said: "More than 100,000 troops over there in Lanling crossed the river, if it snows, it will be really difficult." ”

Kou Zichan sighed slightly and said, "Compared to Bianzhou, this side is nothing. ”

Wu Cheng said: "Jiang Ning had expected this, why did Xu Ruyu lose his temper in Jiangbei? ”

Xu Ruyu learned that the Hulan Iron Cavalry had suddenly crossed the river in Lanling, and while urging the hundreds of thousands of troops near Lanling to cross the river, he sent people to gallop back to Jiangning to ask for advice.

Jiang Ning knows the most about Hulan than Kou Zichan.

Xu Ruyu frequently sent envoys to ask for advice, even on the river crossing boat, he also sent a messenger over. Wu Cheng saw this as Xu Ruyu's panicked gaffe.

Kou Zitoad suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes were clear and clear, reflected in Wu Cheng's eyes, as if he could see through people's hearts and lungs. Wu Chengyi was taken aback, and secretly wondered: Where is the gaze of people who have no cultivation?

Wu Qingyi glanced at Wu Cheng sideways and asked him not to talk nonsense.

The news that the Hulan Iron Cavalry crossed the river and defeated the camp of Taoling refugees had long spread all over the world, and the corpses of Yangwu, Taoling and others were all over the field. At least more than 100,000 displaced people have died in the disaster, and countless more have flocked south. Although Jiang Ning had long expected that the Hulan Iron Cavalry would cross the river and head south before the year, he also expected that the crossing of the Hulan Iron Cavalry would be a disaster for Bianzhou and other places. But when it happened, the touch on the people of Jiangning was not the same.

Xu Ruyu felt pity for the plight of those displaced people, but it was not something that a child of a family like Wu Cheng could understand.

Wu Qingyi glanced at Kou Zichan, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Sir, there is no news from Qin Zhongshu yet?" ”

Xiao Yuan glanced at Wu Qingyi and snorted coldly.

Qin Zhongshu secretly sneaked out of Jiangning on the eve of Xu Ruyu's youngest son Yulin's gift, and there has been no news for more than two months.

Qin Zhongshu followed Kou Zichan to Jiangning for nearly a year, but he was desperate for a job, and he rebelled and left Jiangning, and his whereabouts are unknown.

When Qin Zhongshu was there, Jiang Ning didn't pay much attention to it, but when he left Jiang Ning, he implicated many people. Kou Zichan, Gu Mingshan and others cherish their talents, but they are all responsible for negligence, after Qin Zhongshu said war in Xuancheng, Gu Mingshan also wrote a letter of recommendation recommending Qin Zhongshu to join the office; Cao San and others were derelict in their duties, Jing'an Division not only monitored Qin Zhongshu's daily life in Jiangning, but also sent a large number of shadow forces to chase and kill after he absconded, but still let Qin Zhongshu escape, affecting Cao San's promotion to Si Wen Lieutenant and Tu Wenyong's promotion to General Wei.

Qin Zhongshu, Feng Ge'er, and Xiao Yuan all followed Kou Zichan to Jiangning, although they talked about different reasons, but after arriving in Jiangning, they were all marked by the people in Jiangning with traces of Kou Zitoad. Qin Zhongshu sneaked away from the rebellion, and Kou Zichan was affected by this, and he was out of the ranks of the princes of Jiangning, and he lost the right to supervise and lift. Feng Ge'er was enrolled in the military camp and recorded as a second-order Yiyong. Feng Ge'er inherited Kou Zichan's heir, if he entered the military camp, he could join the army as a lieutenant or even a battalion lieutenant, but he was affected by Qin Zhongshu's betrayal, and he could only be an ordinary brave sergeant, which made people worry about his safety on the battlefield.

Wu Cheng also had complaints in his heart, and he was implicated by Qin Zhongshu, probably when Jiang Ning would never get ahead; Wu Qingyi was in Jiangning, but Wu Cheng never thought about the possibility of leaving Jiangning to seek a career elsewhere.

Wu Qingyi has no one to take refuge in Jiangning, and it is not a long-term solution to temporarily live in Stacked Smoke Pavilion; Because of Qin Zhongshu's relationship, he finally threw himself into Kou Zichan's door. Kou Zichan is full of what he has learned, and he is good at literature and history, law and politics, military affairs, etc., so he can be ranked with Xu Xing, Shao Haitang, Yi Guanyuan and others. Kou Zichan accepted Feng Ge'er as the heir of the Yizi of the Moth, but Feng Ge'er's talent can only be regarded as upper-middle, and he is a little reluctant to practice martial arts, the art of war, and military affairs, and he cannot inherit Kou Zichan's profound family learning.

Although Kou Zichan lost his position in the public, his quality was still high, and the things he planned were all confidential to Jiangning, and the disciples who entered the room served left and right, and there were many confidential places. Kou Zichan accepted Wu Qingyi as a subordinate, but he was promised by Xu Ruyu. The first procedure was to recommend Wu Qingyi as a purple-clothed scribe, and Wu Qingyi as a junior clerk in Jiangning to assist Kou Zichan in government affairs.

However, the stacked smoke building has the right to recommend, which surprised Wu Qingyi.

The princes of Jiangning have the right to inspect, and the junior purple-clothed official positions under their jurisdiction can be conferred by the court, and the officials selected by the political affairs hall can be filed; Although it is said that the middle-level official position is inspected by the Department of Election of Officials of the Political Affairs Hall and the Department of Literature and Selection of Qingfeng Mansion, the opinions of the princes of Jiangning play a major role in the appointment of middle-level officials.

Kou Zichan's failure to supervise the right to raise can be regarded as an extremely heavy punishment.

In addition, the capital, the signing and the governors of the prefectures and counties have the right to recommend, and the recommended virtuous and virtuous talents from all over the country will be assessed by the selection of officials and appointed to various official positions.

Dieyanlou recommended Wu Qingyi as a purple-clothed scribe, but it was not Yunniang or Jiang Yunuo who relied on their personal friendship with Xu Ruyu, but the right to recommend Dieyanlou was already in Jiangning's political structure.

Stacked Smoke Pavilion, and Yongyang Mingyue Building are all from the Jiang family, wine merchants, Yun Niang, Jiang Yunuo Lord.

Jiangning entrusted the affairs of the cupbearer to the liquor stores such as Dieyanlou and Qijige, and handed over the affairs that had always been monopolized by the government such as salt, iron, tea and horses to the business that had been closely related to Jiangning. These firms are followed by Mei, Xu, Jiang, Shen and other Jiangning families, which also accommodate the power of small and medium-sized families.

Jiang Ning's model has many places to recommend Yongyang.

Before the East China Sea War, Yongyang gathered the wealth of the world and became the largest city in the world, mainly because of the existence of Yongyang HNA. It was through the control of commerce that the Maison controlled Yongyang.

Before Wu Qingyi arrived in Jiangning, he heard that Jiang Ning wanted to implement the system of family co-governance, and also heard the rumor that Jiang Ning would set up a council hall, but he still felt that Xu Ruyu's move was just a cover-up. After arriving in Jiangning, although the time was short, he gradually understood that Xu Ruyu's promise was not empty words, and Jiangning did have a different atmosphere from other places. Jiangning's political system is by no means as empty and boring as it appears on paper.

Xu Ruyu attracted the attention of the world for his unparalleled military talent, from the Battle of the East China Sea, the Rise of the Qingjiang River, the Battle of Southern Fujian, the Battle of Jinghai and the Battle of the Unification of Yuejun. As one of the three most powerful people today, compared with Rong Yanmen, the left governor of Nanping, and the master of Hulan Khan, Xu Ruyu's rise can be called a miracle.

However, what impressed Wu Qingyi was something else, Wu Qingyi seemed to be able to feel that Xu Ruyu was standing ten feet away and watching this turbid world with cold eyes. Wu Qingyi and Xu Ruyu have met twice, one is the twilight when they first arrived in Jiangning, and the other is the night when Qin Zhongshu sneaked out of Jiangning, but they were speechless. Xu Ruyu is the lord of Jiangning, Jiangning shows the traces of Xu Ruyu in everything, carefully distinguishes Jiang Ning's situation, and knows a little about Xu Ruyu's mind. But it was Jiang Ning's different atmosphere from other places that made Wu Qingyi feel a little infatuated, and he often thought in his heart: What kind of person is Xu Ruyu?

Since Rong Yanmen let himself follow Yuan Xun to envoy Jiangning, Wu Qingyi has hidden many questions in his heart, and many things that happened in Jiangning seem to have an inexplicable relationship with him. Especially on the night when Qin Zhongshu sneaked out of Jiangning, Yuan Xun wanted to kill himself, Shao Ruyan and Mei Yingxue came to the rescue, and Shao Haitang and Xu Ruyu appeared one after another to relieve Yuan Longyi's tricks on him.

Prior to this, Wu Qingyi was in the whirlpool of confrontation between Rong Yanmen and Xu Ruyu, if something inexplicable happened immediately, until Mei Yingxue appeared to help, Wu Qingyi got out of this vortex. Wu Qingyi, who is the party concerned, has not known the details, and the doubts in his heart have not been solved yet, and he feels that Qin Zhongshu's defection from Jiang Ning has something to do with him, but he can't guess or see the slightest clue.

Wu Qingyi was given the position of purple by Jiang Ning, and he was the official of Kou Zi Toad, and he did the work of a secretary, and he also said some times. Although the rank of the shogunate is small, he can participate in many affairs of the assistant officials, and he knows many secrets in them. The officials of the shogunate, the official power is heavy, and the promotion is also fast, and the selector is not a trusted, reliable, and well-informed person.

Jiang Ning is now secretive about Qin Zhongshu's absconding, Kou Zichan doesn't say a word about this matter, although Wu Qingyi knows many secrets about Jiang Ning, but he doesn't know the details of Qin Zhongshu's absconding and many puzzling things that happened around him.

Seeing that Wu Qingyi was lifting Qin Zhongshu at this time, Kou Zichan turned his head to the wall, and his deep and distant eyes seemed to pass through the thick wall and fall into the hazy sky.

Kou Zichan sighed slightly, did not answer Wu Qingyi's question, but looked at Wu Cheng and said, "Want to be promising? ”

Wu Cheng couldn't see through Kou Zichan's deep eyes, but he also heard that he meant to promote himself, his face was happy, and he said: "In the autumn of troubled times, men should seek to be promising. ”

Kou Zichan sighed slightly and said, "Huma drinks the river, it should be the autumn of troubled times." His eyes fell on the newly sealed plan on the table, "Ru Yu has crossed the river, and I have asked the opinions of all people in Jiangning on the matter of Huma crossing the river, and I have also written a plan, but the complicated situation of Huma's crossing of the river can not be accommodated by this short policy, so I have to go and explain one or two on my behalf." ”

Wu Cheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and he had the opportunity to present his views directly to the lord of Jiangning, but it was an unusual recommendation. I wanted to be the lord of the small city of Tsing Yi for several years, and there would be a time when I would soar, but I met Rong Yanmen to lead the army to the west. Wu Cheng was quite conceited, of course, he didn't want to return to Nanping for the sake of surrendering, and he was unwilling to bury himself, so he came to Jiangning to seek success.

Although the appointment of officials in Jiangning is not as strict as in other places, there is no one to recommend it, and it is extremely difficult for Wu Cheng to become an official in Jiangning as a homeless person. Before Qin Zhongshu sneaked out of Jiangning, Wu Cheng had been very close to him, thinking that Feng Ge'er was also implicated, and being a small soldier in the battalion was like a soldier, and of course he had no chance.

When they met again, Wu Cheng was ashamed in his heart, Wu Qingyi stayed in Jiangning, and Wu Cheng also gave up the idea of showing his ambitions, and made up his mind to serve the left and right, and was impressed by Kou Zichan's knowledge, so he entered Kou Zichan's curtain and became Kou Zichan's guest.

When Wu Cheng was in Yuzhou, he had great ambitions in his heart, and he was too weak to be crowned, but he never married, but he married a poor woman a month ago and became a family in Jiangning.

Despite this, Wu Cheng couldn't help but have a trace of resentment in his heart, and when he talked about Xu Ruyu, his tone was a little disrespectful, which was natural. It was Kou Zichan who gave himself such an opportunity, but Wu Cheng didn't expect it. For a moment, I was overjoyed, picked up the policy book on the table, and bowed for a long time.

Kou Zichan waved his hand and said, "The sky will rain and snow, go to Qingfeng Mansion to get a license to cross the river." ”

After Wu Cheng left, Wu Qingyi looked at the slightly lifted door curtain, and said worriedly: "Will Jiang Ning use Wu Cheng?" "In Wu Qingyi, I secretly thought: The temper of the children of the Wu Cheng family probably does not vote for Xu Ruyu's intentions.

Kou Zichan smiled slightly and said, "Wu Cheng is quite talented, and he has also bent him. Although the utilitarian heart is a little heavier, it is a small flaw of Yu and does not hide it. "Let's talk about it, a little bit," Jiang Ning has Jiang Ning's own mind. "There is great ambition in his eyes, and he is as bright as electricity.

Wu Qingyi secretly wondered: If this is the case, how could Qin Zhongshu sneak out of Jiangning, maybe there is another reason? It's just that Kou Zichan avoided answering Qin Zhongshu's matter, and Wu Qingyi could only hide such a question in his heart. If there is really another reason, you can't ask yourself.

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